{"product_id":"japanese-perceptions-of-papua-new-guinea-9781350369269","title":"Japanese Perceptions of Papua New Guinea","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJapanese Perceptions of Papua New Guinea\u003c\/i\u003e exposes the interactions between two ostensibly opposing worlds: war and travel. While soldiers deployed to Eastern New Guinea during the Second World War recalled first-hand their experience of war, post-war tourists visited battle-sites, met locals, and drew their own conclusions about the Pacific island from the Japanese media. This book, in bringing travel and war closer together through a comparative analysis of veterans' memoirs and the records of postwar travelers, explores how individuals consume, create, and recreate war histories. As a result, Ryota Nishino reveals the extent to which the memory of defeat - for both soldiers and civilians alike - influenced the Japanese perceptions of Papua New Guinea and shaped future relations between the countries. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslating a diverse range of Japanese primary and archival sources, this book provides the first English-language analysis of the social and political impact of Japane\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019653120343,"sku":"9781350369269","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/japanese-perceptions-of-papua-new-guinea-9781350369269","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}